** Georges Bernanos, French writer ( b. 1888 )

** In Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, in response to rumours ( which are true ) that he is seeking to end the French alliance system in Eastern Europe, gives a speech highlighting his government's commitment to the cordon sanitaire.

** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".

** At a meeting in Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet meets with Soviet Ambassador Jakob Suritz, and suggests that a " peace front " comprising France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Poland and Romania would deter Germany from war.

** Georges Ricard-Cordingley, French painter ( b. 1873 )

** Georges Bégué and others escape from the Mauzac prison camp.

** Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France ( b. 1841 )

** Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

** The French paper L ' Express publishes a story of Georges Figon, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.

** French police announce that Georges Figon has committed suicide, prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.

** Georges Duhamel, French author ( b. 1884 )

** The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate ; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.

** French President Georges Pompidou visits the Soviet Union.

** Georges Bidault moves to Belgium where he receives political asylum.

** Georges Franju, French filmmaker ( b. 1912 )

** Georges Bizet's comic opera Djamileh premieres at the Opera-Comique in Paris, France.

** Georges Simenon, Belgian writer ( b. 1903 )

** Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader ( executed ) ( b. 1759 )

** Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet

** Dumas fils ' La Princesse Georges

** AMP Building, Perth, Australia, see 140 St Georges Terrace

** Sport spearfishing became common in the Mediterranean, and spearfishers gradually developed the common sport diving mask and fins and snorkel, with Georges Beuchat in Marseille, France, which created the speargun and Italian sport spearfishers started using oxygen rebreathers.

** Georges Beuchat in France creates the first surface buoy.

** The first camera housing called Tarzan is released by Georges Beuchat,

** The first aircraft carrier designed as such to be completed in France, Clemenceau, is completed at the Brest Arsenal at Brest.

** Pedro II of Brazil | Pedro II is deposed and Brazil becomes a republic.

** Alluvial plain, formed over a long period of time by a river depositing sediment on its floodplain or bed which becomes alluvial soil.

** Till plain, a plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carries.

** Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

** TCP / IP test succeeds connecting 3 ARPANET nodes ( of 111 ), in what eventually becomes the Internet protocol.

** Constantine II becomes King of Greece, upon the death of his father King Paul.

** Goalkeeper Derek Foster of Sunderland becomes the youngest-ever player to play in the Football League, aged 15 years and 185 days.

** Harold Wilson becomes British Prime Minister after leading the Labour Party to a narrow election win over the Tory government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, which had been in power for 13 years and had four different leaders during that time.

** The deadly Christmas flood of 1964 begins ; It becomes one of the most destructive weather events to affect Oregon in the 20th century.

** Emmett Ashford becomes the first African American umpire in organized baseball, by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.

** Brunei becomes a fully independent state.

** Beverly Lynn Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.

** Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

** Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

** Iceland regains independence, yet remains in personal union with the King of Denmark, who also becomes the King of Iceland until 1944.

** Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.

** Jiang Zemin becomes President of the People's Republic of China.

** After Demirel becomes the president the acting prime minister of Turkey is Erdal İnönü of SHP for 40 days.

** Following the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement's victory, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada becomes president of Bolivia.

** Kim Campbell becomes the 19th, and first female, Prime Minister of Canada.

** Tara Lipinski, 14, becomes the youngest women's world figure skating champion.

** Strom Thurmond becomes the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Senate ( 41 years and 10 months ).

** KDKA-TV becomes the first local, on-air television station in the US.

** In the first Israeli election, David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister.